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This is 1/2 of the Eduard "Dual Combo" kit.  A gift from my mentor Ken Henderson...a fantastic model maker.  I went for the most interesting scheme, and paid dearly as the decal I needed broke into many parts.  Getting it back together took almost as long a building the kit.  Not perfect, but here is #27 for the year.  My first build since September.

 

Built OOB and rigged with .005 Ethicon stainless steel.  All paints are MM, and I did use the p/e seatbelts.

 

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Fantastic model of the Nieuport, and good work rescuing the decal problem.

 

Do you mind me asking 1) did you use a brush or airbrush? and 2) how was the Eduard kit? I've been thinking of getting a Nieuport.

 

Kind regards,

David

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Superb, delicate build and beautiful finish. The engine cowl really looks like polished metal and the rigging is spot on.

 

I could understand it if you'd rather let the wing markings alone. ;-) But wouldn't they look even more realistic with a scalpel cut along the aileron gap and some Sol to make the edges settle down?

 

Amazing Braille scale modelling!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

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Dazey...I always use an airbrush. Eduard kits are state of the art.  I wish they would make more WW1 in 1/72. You owe it to yourself to try at least one.

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1 hour ago, Les Moore said:

Dazey...I always use an airbrush. Eduard kits are state of the art.  I wish they would make more WW1 in 1/72. You owe it to yourself to try at least one.

Hi Les,

 

Thanks for the information. I've got one Eduard kit waiting to be built, and it looks fantastic (Mig-15bis ProfiPack). I know they have a number of WW1 subjects, but I was particularly interested in the Nieuport. I'll put that on my wishlist too! Maybe Santa will be good to me...

 

Regards,

David

 

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